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West Seattle scenes: Ride like the wind (turbines)

Don Brubeck, who commutes by bicycle, shares some of the sights he sees from the road/trail/bridge – and here’s the latest: What he describes as wind-turbine blades, on a train alongside the West Seattle Bridge. He posted a few more photos to the WSB Flickr group pool. Not uncommon, according to a quick round of Web searching, but a riveting sight just the same.

On a trip to N.E. Kansas last week I saw many of these on flatbeds with wide load warning trucks fore and aft on Hwy. 75 (north-south). I was wondering if they’re for a local installation or just manufactured in the area as there were so many of them.

I think this picture makes a really interesting statement on the use of new, innovative technology that’s delivered on railroad lines that were one of the foundations of our country’s economy. It’s really pretty mindblowing if you think about it.